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Wielscher M, Pfisterer K, Samardzic D, Balsini P, Bangert C, Jäger K, Buchberger M, Selitsch B, Pjevac P, Willinger B, Weninger W. The phageome in normal and inflamed human skin. Sci Adv 2023; 9:eadg4015. [PMID: 37774017 PMCID: PMC10541010 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg4015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Dysbiosis of skin microbiota drives the progression of atopic dermatitis (AD). The contribution of bacteriophages to bacterial community compositions in normal and inflamed skin is unknown. Using shotgun metagenomics from skin swabs of healthy individuals and patients with AD, we found 13,586 potential viral contiguous DNA sequences, which could be combined into 164 putative viral genomes including 133 putative phages. The Shannon diversity index for the viral metagenome-assembled genomes (vMAGs) did not correlate with AD. In total, we identified 28 vMAGs that differed significantly between normal and AD skin. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction validation of three complete vMAGs revealed their independence from host bacterium abundance. Our data indicate that normal and inflamed skin harbor distinct phageomes and suggest a causative relationship between changing viral and bacterial communities as a driver of skin pathology.
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- M. Wielscher
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Division of Microbial Ecology, Vienna, Austria
- Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Aydilek E, Jäger K, Xhaxho K, Akdas R, Wallbach M, Wulf G, Brökers N. [Hypernatremia and polyuria in a female patient with an initial diagnosis of secondary acute myeloid leukemia]. Inn Med (Heidelb) 2022; 63:1194-1199. [PMID: 35925122 PMCID: PMC9606016 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-022-01381-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A 66-year-old female patient with the initial diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia is reported. Paraneoplastic syndrome manifested as hypernatremia due to central diabetes insipidus (CDI), which could be controlled with the administration of desmopressin. After initiation of the induction therapy, the required desmopressin administration could be reduced and terminated. In the further course, the early increasing polyuria and hypernatremia indicated the primary refractory acute myeloid leukemia.
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- E. Aydilek
- Klinik für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Gastroenterologie und intestinale Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Nephrologie und Rheumatologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Göttingen, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Deutschland
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Pötzscha B, Jäger K, Bleese N, Schaper W, Müller-Berghaus G, Riess EC. Elimination von rekombinantem Hirudin aus der Blutzirkulation mittels Hämofiltration. Hamostaseologie 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1659997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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ZusammenfassungIn vorangegangenen tierexperimentellen Untersuchungen konnte mit rekombinantem (r) Hirudin eine sichere und effektive Antikoagulation für den kardiopulmonalen Bypass in der offenen Herzchirurgie durchgeführt werden. Bis heute gibt es kein klinisch erprobtes Antidot für r-Hirudin, welches dessen antikoagula-torische Wirkung aufhebt. Daher war es das Ziel dieser Studie zu untersuchen, ob r-Hirudin durch Hämofiltration aus der Blutzirkulation nephrektomierter Schweine entfernt werden kann. Acht Göttinger Minipigs wurden anästhesiert und bilateral nephrektomiert. Die Schweine erhielten einen intravenösen Bolus an r-Hirudin (1 mg/kg) und eine r-Hirudin-lnfusion (1 mg/kg/h) für die Dauer von 1 h. Die Tiere wurden in zwei Gruppen randomisiert. Tiere der Gruppe A (n = 4) wurden bis zu 4 h arteriovenös hämofiltriert. Tiere der Gruppe B (n = 4, Kontrollen) wurden nicht hämofiltriert. Nach der Applikation des r-Hirudin-Bolus stieg die aPTT in beiden Gruppen von einem mittleren Ausgangswert von 16 s auf Werte von > 200 s an. Nach 60 min Hämofiltration war die mittlere aPTT in Gruppe A auf 35 s und nach 3 weiteren Stunden auf 25 s abgefallen. Dieses Ergebnis korreliert gut mit der Plasmakonzentration an freiem r-Hirudin; Am Beginn der Hämofiltration lag die r-Hirudin-Konzentration bei 8,8 ± 2,2 μg/ml, betrug nach 60 min Hämofiltration 3,1 ± 0,5 μg/ml und lag nach 4 h Hämofiltration bei 1,5 ± 0,3 μg/ml. Diese Ergebnisse zeigen, daß Hämofiltration eine schnelle und effektive Elimination von r-Hirudin aus der Blutzirkulation ermöglicht, und daß diese Methode eine wirksame Behandlung von möglichen Blutungskomplikationen im Rahmen von Überdosierungen und/oder eingeschränkter Nierenfunktion darstellen könnte.
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Eichlisberger R, Frauchiger B, Jäger K. Stellenwert der bildgebenden Sonographie und Duplex-Sonographie für die Diagnostik der Venenthrombose. Hamostaseologie 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1655223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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ZusammenfassungMit der Duplex-Sonographie steht eine neue, nichtinvasive Untersuchungsmethode zur Diagnose der tiefen Venenthrombose zur Verfügung. Die gezielte Venenkompression durch die Schallsonde des konventionellen Ultraschallgerätes erlaubt bereits in vielen Fällen die Diagnose, die zusätzliche Ableitung gepulster Doppler-Signale verbessert jedoch die diagnostische Aussagekraft beträchtlich. Die Einführung der farbkodierten Duplex-Sonographie hat die Untersuchungstechnik erleichtert und zur derzeitigen Beliebtheit beigetragen. 35 Studien mit insgesamt 4747 phlebographisch kontrollierten Extremitäten berichten durchwegs über eine hohe Sensitivität (Median 95%) und Spezifität (Median 97%). Bei isolierter Unterschenkelvenenthrombose sind Sensitivität (89%) und Spezifität (92%) weniger günstig. Die diagnostische Treffsicherheit ist signifikant besser als mit den konventionellen nichtinvasiven Untersuchungstechniken (Plethysmographie, CW-Doppler), ist jedoch vergleichbar mit jener der invasiven Phlebographie. Die Duplex-Sonographie ist der Phlebographie in verschiedenen klinischen Situationen, ebenso wie bei der differentialdiagnostischen Abgrenzung, überlegen. Im Gegensatz zum Einsatz bei klinischem Verdacht auf TVT hat sich die Duplex-Sonographie jedoch als ScreeningMethode noch nicht eindeutig bestätigen können.
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Walter B, Coelfen A, Jäger K, Reese S, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Aupperle-Lellbach H. Anti-Muellerian hormone concentration in bitches with histopathologically diagnosed ovarian tumours and cysts. Reprod Domest Anim 2018; 53:784-792. [DOI: 10.1111/rda.13171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- B Walter
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Clinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine; Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Munich Germany
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- Laboklin GmbH & Co.KG; Bad Kissingen Germany
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- Laboklin GmbH & Co.KG; Bad Kissingen Germany
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Chair of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology; Department of Veterinary Sciences; Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Munich Germany
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Clinic of Small Animal Surgery and Reproduction at the Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine; Ludwig-Maximilians-University; Munich Germany
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Efferent auditory feedback on cochlear hair cells is well studied regarding olivocochlear brainstem mechanisms. Less is known about how the descending corticofugal system may shape efferent feedback and modulate cochlear mechanics. Distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) are a suitable tool to assess outer hair cell function, as they are by-products of the nonlinear cochlear amplification process. The present project investigates the effects of cortical activity on cubic and quadratic DPOAEs in mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, through cortical deactivation using the sodium-channel blocker lidocaine. Contralateral cortical microinjections of lidocaine can lead to either an increase or decrease of median DPOAE levels of up to 10.95 dB. The effects are reversible and comparable at all tested frequencies (0.5-40 kHz). They are not restricted to the preferred frequency of the cortical site of injection. Recovery times are between 20 and 120 min depending on stimulation levels and emission type. When the injection is performed in the ipsilateral hemisphere, DPOAE level shifts are lower in amplitude compared to those after injection in the contralateral hemisphere. No significant changes in DPOAE levels are obtained after saline microinjections. Results indicate that deactivation of auditory cortex activity through lidocaine has a considerable impact on peripheral auditory responses in form of DPOAEs, probably through cortico-olivocochlear pathways.
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- K Jäger
- Institute for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Institute for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Frisch B, Bartl R, Burkhardt R, Jäger K, Mahl G, Kettner G. Classification of myeloproliferative disorders by bone marrow histology. Bibl Haematol 2015:57-80. [PMID: 6590039 DOI: 10.1159/000409644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Negative ion formation by electron impact has been studied in hydrogen sulphide, methylmercaptan, phenylmercaptan, benzylmercaptan, allylmercaptan, dimethylthioether, dimethyldisulphide and diallyldisulpbide. Appearance potentials, ionization efficiency curves and the kinetic energies of negative ions were measured by using a Fox ion source. The energies of various dissociative electron capture processses are discussed and electron affinities of some radicals of the types RS and RS2 are derived. Two chemical reactions of the CH2S- ion with dimethyldisulphide have been detected.
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- K. Jäger
- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Berlin-Wannsee
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Berlin-Wannsee
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Appearance potentials and ionization efficiency curves of negative ions formed in SiCl4, CH3SiCl3, (CH3)2SiCl2, (CH3)3) 3SiCl, C2H3SiCl3, and C6H5SiCl3 by electron impact have been measured by using a Fox ion source. Negative molecular ions were observed in SiCl4, C2H3SiCl3 and C6H5SiCl3 besides several fragment ions. The electron affinity of the SiCl3 radical was found to be about equal to the electron affinity of the chlorine atom. The electron affinity of SiCl2 is shown to be higher than 2.5 eV.
Dissociative electron capture processes from SF6
– have been found in mixtures of SFe and silicon compounds (such as SF6
–+SiCl4 ➝ Cl–+SiCl3+SF6). It is concluded that in these processes the electron in SF6
– behaves like a free electron of zero kinetic energy. Various reactions of the O–-ion with the silicon compounds have also been observed.
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- K. Jäger
- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie
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Die Ionen H~ und 0~ sind bisher als einzige negative Bruchstücke beim Elektronenbeschuß von Wasser be obachtet worden. OH-fand man als sekundäres Pro dukt der Reaktion H" + H20 — > H2 + OH" 2. Bei Ver suchen mit einem CH4-Atlas-Massenspektrometer mit Fox-Ionenquelle ließ sich OH-als primäres Ion mit etwa 10-mal kleinerer Intensität als 0~ nachweisen. Abb. 1 und 2 zeigen die Ionisationsausbeutekurven beider Ionen. In Abb. 1 wird außerdem die Ausbeute kurve für SF6" aus SF6 gezeigt, um ein Maß für die Auflösung der Apparatur zu geben. Die Intensität aller Ionen war dem Gasdruck proportional. Die O'-Kurve stimmt mit der von anderen Autoren gemessenen hinsichtlich ihres allgemeinen Verlaufes überein. Das erste Auftrittspotential beträgt (6,4+ 0,1) eV. Dieser Wert liegt um 1,5 eV höher als von C o m p
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- M. Doumont
- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie und Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Lausanne
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie und Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Lausanne
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie und Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Lausanne
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Negative ion formation by electron impact has been studied in nitromethane, nitroethane, nitrobenzene, tetranitromethane, ethylnitrite and ethylnitrate. Appearance potentials, ionization efficiency curves and kinetic energies of negative ions were measured by using a Fox ion source. The electron affinities of C2H5O and of C (NO2)3 are discussed as well as the energetics of processes which yield NO2
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- K. Jäger
- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie, Berlin-Wannsee
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- Hahn-Meitner-Institut für Kernforschung Berlin, Sektor Strahlenchemie, Berlin-Wannsee
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Overbeck W, Jäger K, Schoon HA, Witte T. Comparison of cytological and histological examinations in different locations of the equine uterus—an in vitro study. Theriogenology 2013; 79:1262-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Seliger G, Landstorfer B, Jäger K, Lantzsch T, Seeger S. Simultangravidität intrauterin und in Sectionarbe. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1343505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Hildebrandt L, Jäger K, Snyder A, Sobiraj A. [Metastatic malignant melanoma with spinal cord compression and resulting recumbency ante partum in a mare. A case report]. Tierarztl Prax Ausg G Grosstiere Nutztiere 2013; 41:190-194. [PMID: 23765322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The case report describes a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lumbar and sacroiliac regions with entailing acute recumbency in a nearterm 17-year-old Welsh B Pony mare. The reason for recumbency was metastases of a malignant melanoma in the spinal canal of the lumbo-sacral region, where the tumour had invaded the dura mater and applied severe pression on the spinal cord over a length of 10 cm. Clinical findings, laboratory diagnostics, pathological-anatomical and histopathological findings are presented.
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- L Hildebrandt
- Ambulatorische und Geburtshilfliche Tierklinik, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 29, 04103 Leipzig.
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Jäger K, Langguth S, Einspanier A, Schachtner M, Bechstein N, Schoon HA. The Alopecia-Syndrome of Spectacled Bears (Tremarctos ornatus) – What Do We Know, What Can We Do? J Comp Pathol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.11.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Jäger K, Snyder A, Sobiraj A, Hildebrandt L. Metastasierendes malignes Melanom mit Festliegen ante partum infolge Rückenmarkskompression bei einer Stute. Tierarztl Prax Ausg G Grosstiere Nutztiere 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1623168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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ZusammenfassungDer Fallbericht beschreibt die Einengung des Rückenmarkskanals durch ein malignes Melanom mit resultierendem akutem Festliegen bei einer hochtragenden, 17 Jahre alten Welsh-B-Ponystute. Als ursächlich für das akute Festliegen war der Einbruch von Metastasen des malignen Melanoms in den Wirbelkanal im Bereich der letzten Lendenwirbel und des Kreuzbeins anzusehen, wo der Tumor die Dura mater infiltriert und das Lenden- sowie Sakralmark auf einer Länge von 10 cm mittelgradig komprimiert hatte. Dargestellt werden neben dem klinischen Bild labordiagnostische, pathologisch-anatomische und histopathologische Befunde.
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Michaelsen E, Jäger K, Roschkowski D, Doktorski L, Arens M. On the semantics of object-oriented landmark recognition. Pattern Recognit Image Anal 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s1054661812010270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zeman M, Isabella O, Jäger K, Santbergen R, Solntsev S, Topic M, Krc J. Advanced Light Management Approaches for Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Michaelsen E, Jäger K, Roschkowski D, Doktorski L, Arens M. Object-oriented landmark recognition for UAV-navigation. Pattern Recognit Image Anal 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1054661811020763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jäger K, Gräfe H, Klug E, Schoon D, Schoon HA. In situ hybridisation in endometrial biopsies of horses: a diagnostic approach to bacterially induced endometritis? PFERDEHEILKUNDE 2011. [DOI: 10.21836/pem20110302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jäger K, Fábián A, Tompa G, Deák C, Höhn M, Olmedilla A, Barnabás B, Papp I. New phenotypes of the drought-tolerant cbp20 Arabidopsis thaliana mutant have changed epidermal morphology. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2011; 13:78-84. [PMID: 21143728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This paper provides a detailed phenotypic analysis of the abscisic acid (ABA) hypersensitive Cap Binding Protein 20 (cbp20) mutant. Some hitherto undescribed changes were found in the tissue structure and epidermal morphology of this mutant. These include more and smaller cells in the epidermis, a thicker cuticle and more frequent occurrence of trichomes on leaf surfaces. Some of these traits may contribute to the physiological processes responsible for the water-saving behaviour of the mutant. Abnormal spatial patterns between stomatal pore complexes were also found on various organs of the mutant. All these observations indicate profoundly disturbed development of epidermal tissue in the cbp20 mutant, which has not previously been reported for this class of mutants. A potential connection between the new phenotypes and disturbed miRNA metabolism and mRNA splicing of the mutant is discussed.
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- K Jäger
- Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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Gasser G, Jäger K, Zenker M, Bergmann R, Steinbach J, Stephan H, Metzler-Nolte N. Preparation, 99mTc-labeling and biodistribution studies of a PNA oligomer containing a new ligand derivative of 2,2'-dipicolylamine. J Inorg Biochem 2010; 104:1133-40. [PMID: 20674031 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2010.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A new azido derivative of 2,2'-dipicolylamine (Dpa), 2-azido-N,N-bis((pyridin-2-yl)methyl)ethanamine, (Dpa-N(3)) was readily prepared from the known 2-(bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)ethanol (Dpa-OH). It was demonstrated that Dpa-N(3) could be efficiently labeled with both [Re(CO)(3)(H(2)O)(3)]Br and [(99m)Tc(H(2)O)(3)(CO)(3)](+) to give [Re(CO)(3)(Dpa-N(3))]Br and [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-N(3))](+), respectively. Furthermore, Dpa-N(3) was successfully coupled, on the solid phase, to a Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) oligomer (H-4-pentynoic acid-spacer-spacer-tgca-tgca-tgca-Lys-NH(2); spacer= -NH-(CH(2))(2)-O-(CH(2))(2)-O-CH(2)-CO-) using the Cu(I)-catalyzed [2+3] azide/alkyne cycloaddition (Cu-AAC, often referred to as the prototypical "click" reaction) to give the Dpa-PNA oligomer. Subsequent labeling of Dpa-PNA with [(99m)Tc(H(2)O)(3)(CO)(3)](+) afforded [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-PNA)] in radiochemical yields >90%. Partitioning experiments in a 1-octanol/water system were carried out to get more insight on the lipophilicity of [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-N(3))](+) and [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-PNA)]. Both compounds were found rather hydrophilic (log D(o/w) values at pH=7.4 are -0.50: [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-N(3))](+) and -0.85: [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-PNA)]. Biodistribution studies of [(99m)Tc(CO)(3)(Dpa-PNA)] in Wistar rats showed a very fast blood clearance (0.26 ± 0.1 SUV, 1h p.i.) and modest accumulation in the kidneys (5.45 ± 0.45 SUV, 1h p.i.). There was no significant activity in the thyroid and the stomach, demonstrating a high in vivo stability of the (99m)Tc-labeled Dpa-PNA conjugate.
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- Gilles Gasser
- Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiopharmacy, PF 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany.
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Drought-tolerant Plainsman V and drought-sensitive Cappelle Desprez winter wheat genotypes were subjected to heat stress at 34/24°C combined with water withholding during early seed development in order to identify the joint effect of the stressors on embryo and endosperm development. During and after five days of treatment histological observations were made on the developing kernels and compared to yield data. Combined stress shortened the duration of the grain fill. With regard to kernel abortion, thousand-kernel weight and yield per spike, Plainsman V tolerated simultaneous elevated temperature and water withdrawal better than Cappelle Desprez. As a consequence of the stress the accumulation of B-type starch granules was almost completely absent in the endosperms of the sensitive genotype. The results indicate that compared to the drought-sensitive genotype, the tolerant genotype also showed increased tolerance of simultaneous drought and heat stress.
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- K. Jäger
- 1 Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Martonvásár Hungary
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Ocylok A, Paar M, Werhahn H, Jäger K. Fetal megavesica as a cause of an abortion and of dystocia in a mare. PFERDEHEILKUNDE 2010. [DOI: 10.21836/pem20100214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Koenig E, Westermann H, Jäger K, Sell G, Bechert K, Fetter M, Dichgans J. A new multiaxis rotating chair for oculomotor and vestibular function testing in humans. Neuroophthalmology 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/01658109609009676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Högbom M, Jäger K, Robel I, Unge T, Rohayem J. The active form of the norovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is a homodimer with cooperative activity. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:281-291. [PMID: 19141436 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.005629-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Norovirus (NV) is a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide and a major public health concern. So far, the replication strategy of NV remains poorly understood, mainly because of the lack of a cell system to cultivate the virus. In this study, the function and the structure of a key viral enzyme of replication, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp, NS7), was examined. The overall structure of the NV NS7 RdRp was determined by X-ray crystallography to a 2.3 A (0.23 nm) resolution (PDB ID 2B43), displaying a right-hand fold typical of the template-dependent polynucleotide polymerases. Biochemical analysis evidenced that NV NS7 RdRp is active as a homodimer, with an apparent K(d) of 0.649 microM and a positive cooperativity (Hill coefficient n(H)=1.86). Crystals of the NV NS7 homodimer displayed lattices containing dimeric arrangements with high shape complementarity statistics. This experimental data on the structure and function of the NV RdRp may set the cornerstone for the development of polymerase inhibitors to control the infection with NV, a medically relevant pathogen.
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- Martin Högbom
- Stockholm Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Dresden, Germany
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Bräuer L, Kindler C, Jäger K, Sel S, Pleyer U, Paulsen F. Okuläre Surfactant-Proteine. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1104721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Tiemann U, Brüssow KP, Dannenberger D, Jonas L, Pöhland R, Jäger K, Dänicke S, Hagemann E. The effect of feeding a diet naturally contaminated with deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZON) on the spleen and liver of sow and fetus from day 35 to 70 of gestation. Toxicol Lett 2008; 179:113-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2008] [Revised: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tiemann U, Brüssow KP, Küchenmeister U, Jonas L, Pöhland R, Reischauer A, Jäger K, Dänicke S. Changes in the spleen and liver of pregnant sows and full-term piglets after feeding diets naturally contaminated with deoxynivalenol and zearalenone. Vet J 2008; 176:188-96. [PMID: 17434324 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2006] [Revised: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 02/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wheat contaminated naturally with the Fusarium toxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZON) was fed to pregnant Landrace sows for 35days. On day 110, caesarean section was carried out, the offspring were killed immediately after birth, and their livers and spleens examined. At necropsy there were no macroscopic lesions observed in any organ of either sows or piglets. Histopathological evaluation of tissues from sows of the treated group revealed changes in liver and spleen tissues, whereas no significant changes were observed in these tissues in their piglets. Liver damage, as measured by prominent elevated transaminase activities, was not detected in the serum of the sows. In pregnant sows there were individual variations in sensitivity to the Fusarium toxins. In conclusion, it can be assumed that there are no adverse effects on the liver and spleen of full-term piglets when their mothers consumed diets containing up to 9570 and 358mug DON/ZON per kg diet.
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- U Tiemann
- Unit of Reproductive Biology, FBN Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals, 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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Claudon M, Cosgrove D, Albrecht T, Bolondi L, Bosio M, Calliada F, Correas JM, Darge K, Dietrich C, D'Onofrio M, Evans DH, Filice C, Greiner L, Jäger K, Jong ND, Leen E, Lencioni R, Lindsell D, Martegani A, Meairs S, Nolsøe C, Piscaglia F, Ricci P, Seidel G, Skjoldbye B, Solbiati L, Thorelius L, Tranquart F, Weskott HP, Whittingham T. Guidelines and good clinical practice recommendations for contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) - update 2008. Ultraschall Med 2008; 29:28-44. [PMID: 18270887 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 483] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- M Claudon
- Department of Radiology, Nancy, France.
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Jäger K, Schoon HA, Ellenberger C, Bartmann CP, Rass J, Bazer FW, Klug J, Allen WR, Hoppen HO, Hoffmann C. Histopathological and immunohistochemical findings during the sexual cycle in female mules and effects of long-term Regumate® administration. PFERDEHEILKUNDE 2008. [DOI: 10.21836/pem20080110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rohayem J, Jäger K, Robel I, Scheffler U, Temme A, Rudolph W. Characterization of norovirus 3Dpol RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity and initiation of RNA synthesis. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:2621-2630. [PMID: 16894201 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81802-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Norovirus (NV) 3Dpol is a non-structural protein predicted to play an essential role in the replication of the NV genome. In this study, the characteristics of NV 3Dpol activity and initiation of RNA synthesis have been examined in vitro. Recombinant NV 3Dpol, as well as a 3Dpol active-site mutant were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. NV 3Dpol was able to synthesize RNA in vitro and displayed flexibility with respect to the use of Mg2+ or Mn2+ as a cofactor. NV 3Dpol yielded two different products when incubated with synthetic RNA in vitro: (i) a double-stranded RNA consisting of two single strands of opposite polarity or (ii) the single-stranded RNA template labelled at its 3′ terminus by terminal transferase activity. Initiation of RNA synthesis occurred de novo rather than by back-priming, as evidenced by the fact that the two strands of the double-stranded RNA product could be separated, and by dissociation in time-course analysis of terminal transferase and RNA synthesis activities. In addition, RNA synthesis was not affected by blocking of the 3′ terminus of the RNA template by a chain terminator, sustaining de novo initiation of RNA synthesis. NV 3Dpol displays in vitro properties characteristic of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases, allowing the implementation of this in vitro enzymic assay for the development and validation of antiviral drugs against NV, a so far non-cultivated virus and an important human pathogen.
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- Jacques Rohayem
- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Fiedlerstraße 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Fiedlerstraße 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Fiedlerstraße 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Fiedlerstraße 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Fiedlerstraße 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum, Fiedlerstraße 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
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Rohayem J, Robel I, Jäger K, Scheffler U, Rudolph W. Protein-primed and de novo initiation of RNA synthesis by norovirus 3Dpol. J Virol 2006; 80:7060-9. [PMID: 16809311 PMCID: PMC1489054 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02195-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Noroviruses (Caliciviridae) are RNA viruses with a single-stranded, positive-oriented polyadenylated genome. To date, little is known about the replication strategy of norovirus, a so-far noncultivable virus. We have examined the initiation of replication of the norovirus genome in vitro, using the active norovirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (3D(pol)), homopolymeric templates, and synthetic subgenomic or antisubgenomic RNA. Initiation of RNA synthesis on homopolymeric templates as well as replication of subgenomic polyadenylated RNA was strictly primer dependent. In this context and as observed for other enteric RNA viruses, i.e., poliovirus, a protein-primed initiation of RNA synthesis after elongation of the VPg by norovirus 3D(pol) was postulated. To address this question, norovirus VPg was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Incubation of VPg with norovirus 3D(pol) generated VPg-poly(U), which primed the replication of subgenomic polyadenylated RNA. In contrast, replication of antisubgenomic RNA was not primer dependent, nor did it depend on a leader sequence, as evidenced by deletion analysis of the 3' termini of subgenomic and antisubgenomic RNA. On nonpolyadenylated RNA, i.e., antisubgenomic RNA, norovirus 3D(pol) initiated RNA synthesis de novo and terminated RNA synthesis by a poly(C) stretch. Interestingly, on poly(C) RNA templates, norovirus 3D(pol) initiated RNA synthesis de novo in the presence of high concentrations of GTP. We propose a novel model for initiation of replication of the norovirus genome by 3D(pol), with a VPg-protein-primed initiation of replication of polyadenylated genomic RNA and a de novo initiation of replication of antigenomic RNA.
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- Jacques Rohayem
- Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, Fiedlerstrasse 42, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Reischauer A, Grosche A, Gieseler T, Jäger K, Huth H, Schoon HA. Main symptom “chronic blood loss” in two horses with haemangiosarcoma. PFERDEHEILKUNDE 2006. [DOI: 10.21836/pem20060204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sirocko F, Seelos K, Schaber K, Rein B, Dreher F, Diehl M, Lehne R, Jäger K, Krbetschek M, Degering D. A late Eemian aridity pulse in central Europe during the last glacial inception. Nature 2005; 436:833-6. [PMID: 16094365 DOI: 10.1038/nature03905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Investigating the processes that led to the end of the last interglacial period is relevant for understanding how our ongoing interglacial will end, which has been a matter of much debate (see, for example, refs 1, 2). A recent ice core from Greenland demonstrates climate cooling from 122,000 years ago driven by orbitally controlled insolation, with glacial inception at 118,000 years ago. Here we present an annually resolved, layer-counted record of varve thickness, quartz grain size and pollen assemblages from a maar lake in the Eifel (Germany), which documents a late Eemian aridity pulse lasting 468 years with dust storms, aridity, bushfire and a decline of thermophilous trees at the time of glacial inception. We interpret the decrease in both precipitation and temperature as an indication of a close link of this extreme climate event to a sudden southward shift of the position of the North Atlantic drift, the ocean current that brings warm surface waters to the northern European region. The late Eemian aridity pulse occurred at a 65 degrees N July insolation of 416 W m(-2), close to today's value of 428 W m(-2) (ref. 9), and may therefore be relevant for the interpretation of present-day climate variability.
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- F Sirocko
- Institute of Geoscience, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
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In the present work the effect of microalgal and cyanobacterial biomass on anther cultures of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was studied. Investigations were made on the influence of media supplemented with a biomass of four terrestrial and fresh-water microalgal and cyanobacterial strains (1-2 g l-1) on the androgenic response, frequency of microspore-derived embryo-like structures, and their regeneration capacity in anther cultures of wheat. The addition of 1 g L-1 of cyanobacterium biomass MACC 643 to the induction and regeneration media significantly improved the androgenic response by 50% in the genotype Mv Pálma, and reduced the requirement for the synthetic auxin 2,4-D.
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- K. Jäger
- 1 Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Martonvásár, Hungary
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- 2 Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
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- 3 Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Martonvásár, Hungary
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Albrecht T, Blomley M, Bolondi L, Claudon M, Correas JM, Cosgrove D, Greiner L, Jäger K, Jong ND, Leen E, Lencioni R, Lindsell D, Martegani A, Solbiati L, Thorelius L, Tranquart F, Weskott HP, Whittingham T. Guidelines for the use of contrast agents in ultrasound. January 2004. Ultraschall Med 2004; 25:249-56. [PMID: 15300497 DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Jäger K. [Levels of training in diagnostic ultrasound]. Ultraschall Med 2002; 23:299-301. [PMID: 12400019 DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In many filamentous cyanobacteria, vegetative cells can differentiate into heterocysts, cells that are specialized for aerobic fixation of N(2). Synthesis of the heterocyst envelope polysaccharide is dependent on the gene hepA in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. In search of genes that are involved in the regulation of hepA, we transposon mutagenized strain DR1069, which bears a chromosomal hepA::luxAB fusion. One resulting mutant, designated HNL3, grows normally in medium with nitrate and shows poor induction of hepA in response to nitrogen deprivation. In HNL3, transposon Tn5-1058 is inserted within gene hcwA, a constitutively expressed open reading frame whose predicted product resembles N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidases. Reconstruction of the mutation confirmed that the mutant phenotype resulted from the insertion of the transposon. The induction of hepA in HNL3 is partially restored upon recombination of HNL3 with plasmid-borne, wild-type hcwA. Moreover, HcwA expressed in Escherichia coli exhibits wall-lytic activity. These results suggest that the degradation, or possibly reconstruction, of the cell peptidoglycan layer is a prerequisite for heterocyst maturation.
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- J Zhu
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Jäger K, Wirz J. [A new cone titanium magnet insert in hybrid prosthetics]. Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 2001; 110:1160-70. [PMID: 11143185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- K Jäger
- Institut für Zahnärztliche Werkstoffwissenschaft, Technologie und Propädeutik, Zentrum für Zahnmedizin der Universität, Hebelstrasse 3, CH-4056 Basel
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Loehrer FM, Tschöpl M, Angst CP, Litynski P, Jäger K, Fowler B, Haefeli WE. Disturbed ratio of erythrocyte and plasma S-adenosylmethionine/S-adenosylhomocysteine in peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Atherosclerosis 2001; 154:147-54. [PMID: 11137094 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(00)00449-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Altered homocysteine metabolism associated with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) may lead to impairment of vital methylation reactions through accumulation of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) as well as through alteration of the ratio S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)/AdoHcy. We determined AdoMet, AdoHcy, their ratio, and homocysteine in plasma as well as AdoMet, AdoHcy, and their ratio in erythrocytes of 61 patients with PAOD (age 49-93) and 50 healthy controls (age 41-87). Geometric mean values of plasma homocysteine, AdoMet, and AdoHcy were significantly increased in patients compared with controls (15.5 vs. 10.4 micromol/l**; 107 vs. 52.3* nmol/l; 55. 0 vs. 23.1** nmol/l, respectively; *P<0.01, **P<0.001), while the ratio of AdoMet/AdoHcy was decreased in patients (1.92 vs. 2.52*). In erythrocytes patients exhibited increased levels of AdoHcy compared with controls (309 vs. 205 nmol/l**) whereas AdoMet (3351 vs. 3732 nmol/l*) and the ratio of AdoMet/AdoHcy (11.8 vs. 19.1**) were decreased. The odds ratio (OR) for developing PAOD with decreased AdoMet/AdoHcy ratio after adjustment for kidney function was significant for erythrocyte levels < or =14.2 (OR, 7.1 (6.9-7.2, 95% CI). In addition, hematocrit levels were found to be significantly decreased in patients versus controls (0.35 vs. 0.42 l/l**) and were significantly correlated with the ratio of AdoMet/AdoHcy in erythrocytes of the patients. Since the ratio of AdoMet/AdoHcy is closely linked with the activity of numerous enzymatic methylation reactions, these results suggest that methylation may be impaired in these patients.
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- F M Loehrer
- Metabolic Unit, University Children's Hospital Basel, (UKBB), Romergasse 8, CH-4005, Basel, Switzerland
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Loss M, Przemeck M, Schmidtko J, Kunz R, Jalali A, Arends H, Lorenz R, Rensing S, Kaup FJ, Jäger K, White DJ, Klempnauer J, Winkler M. Factors determining the onset of hyperacute rejection following discordant porcine-to-cynomolgus monkey kidney xenotransplantation. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1098. [PMID: 10936375 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01140-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- M Loss
- Klinik für Viszeral- und Transplatationschirurgie, Zentrum Anästhesiologie, Hannover, Germany
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Loss M, Przemeck M, Schmidtko J, Arends H, Kunz R, Jäger K, Jalali A, Rensing S, Kaup J, Cozzi E, White DJ, Klempnauer J, Winkler M. Long-term survival of cynomolgus monkeys following pig-to-primate kidney xenotransplantation using h-DAF transgenic donor organs. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1095-6. [PMID: 10936373 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01138-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- M Loss
- Klinik für Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Hannover, Germany
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We report a case of Takayasu's arteritis with predominant pulmonary involvement, which led eventually to complete obliteration of the right pulmonary artery. Subsequently, cavitation and chronic inflammation developed in the nonperfused right lung. A right pneumonectomy was performed to control the infectious process, leading to functional improvement and better control of the underlying immunologic disorder.
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- S Elsasser
- Division of Pulmonary Diseases, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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Psychic disorders were studied with a naturalistic design in 125 consecutive patients of a medical-geriatric department in a general hospital. Based on the clinical examination and the values of the Mini-Mental-State-Examination (2), 51 patients were classified as unable for diagnostic procedures concerning psychic state. The other 74 patients underwent these diagnostic procedures including clinical investigation and three screening-scales (Geriatric Depression Scale (11); Hospital Anxiety and Depression-Scale (4)). If these examinations led to the suspicion that a patient suffered from a psychic disorder, an interview was performed by a psychotherapist with experience in gerontopsychosomatic treatment and information was collected from the medical and nursing staff. Dementia was detected or excluded by neuropsychological tests. Psychic disorders were found in 41 patients, mostly adaptation disorders and depressions. In more than half of the patients, the disorder was estimated to be relevant for the whole hospital therapy. The screening instruments turned out to be reliable, so they can be recommended for further use. Difficult to answer remains the question, how the treatment of the psychic disorders--in our sample necessary for each 5th to 6th patient--can be implemented in a medical-geriatric department.
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- C Schmeling-Kludas
- Bereich Psychosomatische Medizin, Segeberger Kliniken GmbH, Bad Segeberg
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Jeanneret C, Aschwanden M, Labs KH, Jäger K. Duplex ultrasound for the assessment of venous reflux. Curr Probl Dermatol 1999; 27:96-101. [PMID: 10547732 DOI: 10.1159/000060614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- C Jeanneret
- Division of Angiology, University of Basel Medical School, Switzerland.
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Dirks W, MacLeod RA, Jäger K, Milch H, Drexler HG. First searchable database for DNA profiles of human cell lines: sequential use of fingerprint techniques for authentication. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 1999; 45:841-53. [PMID: 10541480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The authenticity and freedom from cross-contaminants of a cell line are important prerequisites for any research, development or production programs involving cell lines. Mini- and microsatellites in the human genome harboring variable-numbers of tandem repeat (VNTR) DNA markers allow individualization at the DNA level and are of practical value for genetic linkage mapping, forensic legal medicine, paternity testing, monitoring of bone marrow transplants, and individualization of established cell lines. We have validated fingerprint techniques of different single- and multiple-locus VNTRs enabling the establishment of a searchable database of DNA profiles. As a result, multiplexed polymerase chain reaction amplification fragment length polymorphism (AmpFLP) of four prominent and highly polymorphic minisatellite VNTR loci was proven as the best tool for screening the uniqueness of DNA profiles in a fingerprint database. In order to avoid false positivity, identical or similar DNA profiles based on AmpFLP VNTR were tested further using a multi-locus fingerprint system. Our data demonstrate that misidentification remains a chronic problem among human continuous cell lines (detailed information at URL http://www.dsmz.de). The combination of rapidly generated DNA profiles based on single-locus VNTR loci, their authentication by screening the fingerprint database, and confirmation of duplicate banding patterns using multilocus fingerprints constitute a highly reliable and robust method, which enables high fidelity and quality of maintenance independent from the quantity of individual cell lines.
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- W Dirks
- DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Department of Human and Animal Cell Lines, Braunschweig, Germany.
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The initial identification of GAS6 as a protein expressed in response to growth arrest suggested that it might function as a negative regulator of cell proliferation. Since the transforming activity of the GAS6 receptor (AXL/UFO) was documented, GAS6 might stimulate rather than inhibit proliferation. In order to detect aberrant expression of GAS6 we examined gene expression in 46 cell lines of precursor B-, B- and T-cell origin as well as from Hodgkin's disease and cell lines established from various myeloproliferative disorders. In our study, the expression of GAS6 reveals a constitutive transcriptional activation in 8/46 cases of proliferating cell lines. The GAS6 mRNA expression could be shown in 4/22 cell lines of the lymphoid arm and in 4/17 of the myeloid lineages of the hematopoietic system. No transcripts could be detected in the CD30+ Hodgkin and anaplastic large cell lymphomas (0/7). Interestingly, the steady state mRNA levels showed neglectable GAS6 expression in precursor B and B-cell lines (1/9), but could be detected in terminally differentiated plasma cell lines (4/4). The predominantly GAS6-expressing cell lines of non-lymphoid origin have been established from acute myeloid leukemias of the M4 subtype (3/4). In order to demonstrate evidence for an autocrine regulation of growth in permanent hematopoietic cell lines, we measured the GAS6 expression in cell lines with strong positivity for the AXL/UFO receptor mRNA. Constitutive basal levels of GAS6 mRNA and protein expression could be only detected in 3/23 AXL/UFO expressing cell lines. Although a general mechanism seems most unlikely, further studies are necessary to demonstrate the involvement of GAS6 in single cases of disordered growth or chemotaxis/adhesion of leukemia and lymphomas.
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- W Dirks
- DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Department of Human and Animal Cell Cultures, Braunschweig.
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Jäger K. 6. Tagung der dvs-Kommission „Frauenforschung in der Sportwissenschaft“. Sportwiss 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03176529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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